Character:

State-affiliated metropolitan university located in Youngstown, Ohio. Founded in 1908.

Organization:

The University offers over 100 undergraduate majors through its six colleges:
Arts and Sciences
Business Administration
Education
Engineering and Technology
Fine and Performing Arts Health and
Human Services

The School of Graduate Studies and Research offers 34 master’s programs and a doctorate in educational leadership. YSU is also a consortium member of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Non-credit courses are offered through the Office of University Outreach, and an off-campus Metropolitan College site in Boardman offers credit and non-credit classes.

Accreditation:

Youngstown State University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association--web address http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/ or telephone 312-263-0456. Many programs within the colleges are further accredited by their professional accrediting bodies.

Average Class Size:

Lecture–22
Laboratory–10.2

Faculty:

19:1 student-faculty ratio 427 full-time 83% with highest degree in their field

Athletics:

Member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division I, Horizon League; Division 1-AA, Gateway Conference in football. YSU offers eight team sports for men and 10 team sports for women.

Admission:

Ohio residents must have graduated from a public or chartered high school with a state-approved diploma, or passed the GED. (If you are home-schooled, contact the Office of Admissions.) ACT or SAT scores are required if the applicant has been out of school for less than two years or for entry into a specific program. Non-residents must have graduated in the upper two-thirds of their high school class; or have an ACT composite score of 17 or higher or a combined SAT score of 820 or higher; or have passed the GED. Residents of Mercer and Lawrence counties in Pennsylvania are admitted under the same criteria as Ohio residents.
Admission to the University does not guarantee admission to every program.

Admission Closing Dates:

See admission application for more information.

Student Profile (Fall 2005)

Total Enrollment: 12,812
Women: 7,215
Men: 5,597
Undergraduate: 11,702
Full-time: 9,627
Part-time: 3,185
• 182 current YSU students were valedictorians of their high school class
• 190 students are recipients of Trustees’, President’s and Deans’ scholarships
• 150 international students hail from 45 different countries
• 11.9% of YSU students identify themselves as African American; 1.9% identify as Latino/Hispanic; .09% are Asian/Pacific Islander.

For directions to YSU go to www.ysu.edu/maps/directions